OS X Mail - Library Downloads
While trying to clean up old mail, I have found a directory called "~/Library/Mail Downloads". It appears to be an assortment of attachments from recent emails.
My questions:
1. Can these be deleted?
2. Is there a high-level function for this via the Mail menus?
3. Where is the function of this directory documented?
My questions:
1. Can these be deleted?
2. Is there a high-level function for this via the Mail menus?
3. Where is the function of this directory documented?
jhyiesla
I believe that this folder is exactly what you think it is... the place where attachments are found. I've not done any serious looking at it, but I'd bet that when you permanently delete the email associated with the attachment, it should disappear from that folder.
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Your second explanation does appear correct, along with the information in the link.
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I have changed the setting to delete them when Mail exits. However, the old ones are still there, so I am thinking maybe that only applies to new attachments, and the old ones have to be manually deleted. I am going to test this.
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I would think there would be some documentation about this somewhere. Any ideas?
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I have done some testing, and it appears that the following occurs:
1. attachments are placed into the folder only when opened
2. with the changed setting, such attachments are deleted when Mail is exited
3. the older attachments will just hang around forever
It seems there should be a nice built-in cleanup function for such. However, for the equivalent in the Windows world, there is not, so probably too much too expect.
Probably third party cleanup tools have a reason for existence because of such features.
1. attachments are placed into the folder only when opened
2. with the changed setting, such attachments are deleted when Mail is exited
3. the older attachments will just hang around forever
It seems there should be a nice built-in cleanup function for such. However, for the equivalent in the Windows world, there is not, so probably too much too expect.
Probably third party cleanup tools have a reason for existence because of such features.
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Points split between the components of the answer, even though all from same repondant.